Another Dreamliner takes flight
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner really does fly. The plane had its first flight today at Paine Field in Everett, Washington and it got off the...
Etihad
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Etihad continues to add partners, facilitate connections
The expansion of Etihad Airways continues, not in direct growth of routes (though there is some of that) but in the addition of more partners...
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Etihad buys in to the Indian market, takes stake in Jet Airways
The Etihad buying spree shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier has confirmed that it is taking a 24.9%...
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Etihad shows you the money with new PointsPay partnership
Getting free travel as a reward for loyalty to an airline is great, but it only scratches the surface of what loyalty programmes can offer...
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Just how powerful are the Middle Eastern carriers? Ask Barcelona.
It isn’t just the world’s airlines where the "big three" of the Middle East – Emirates, Etihad and Qatar – are making huge inroads. Just...
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Air Berlin sells off Topbonus loyalty program
Air Berlin has joined the relatively small pool of airlines which no longer directly operate their own loyalty program. The carrier sold their Topbonus program...
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This week on PointsHoarder
The latest episode of the PointsHoarder podcast is now online with Stephan and me discussing a whole bunch of events from the past couple weeks....
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How much does the Middle East alliance shake-up matter?
Yesterday was apparently THE day to make news if you’re running an airline and looking to change the face of the global alliances. The oft-suspected...
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Frequent flyer points are now just money, for real
Welcome to true fungibility of your points, at least in one program. There was talk about this back in April and at the time I...